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Software Engineer in Boston Salary at AI Startups

Base pay from 134 open roles at 21 AI companies that list a salary range. Annual USD.

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25th percentile

$166K

Median

$193K

75th percentile

$220K

Percentiles use the midpoint of each posted range. Lowest posted $75K, highest $366K.

Pay by role

RoleCompanySalary range
PIPELINE - L5 Principal Software Engineer Boston, MAKlaviyo$244K–$366K
Staff / Senior Software Engineer, Platform TeamsBostonSuno Studio$229K–$364K
Senior / Staff Software Engineer, AI EngineeringBostonSuno Studio$229K–$364K
Staff Software Engineer, Detection & ResponseBostonSuno Studio$277K–$364K
Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Artists & CreatorsBostonSuno Studio$228K–$363K
Senior Software Engineer, Ad ServingBoston, MassachusettsRoku$196K–$352K
Staff Software Engineer, Demand Bidder, Ad Serving PlatformBoston, MassachusettsRoku$196K–$352K
Senior Lead Software Engineer - Data PlatformBoston, MAKlaviyo$216K–$324K
Senior Software Engineer - Bazel ToolsAtlanta, Georgia, USA; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; New York, New York, USADatadog$244K–$305K
Staff Software Engineer - ML ObservabilityBoston, Massachusetts, USA; New York, New York, USADatadog$234K–$300K
Principal Software Engineer - PythonMassachusetts - BostonVeeva$150K–$300K
Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Behaviors (R4588)Boston, MassachusettsShield AI$195K–$293K
Senior Software Engineer, RoboticsBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesAnduril$220K–$292K
Staff Software Engineer, AI Platform Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesAnduril$220K–$292K
Staff Software Engineer, DiscoveryBoston, Massachusetts, United States; Costa Mesa, California, United States; Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesAnduril$220K–$292K
Staff Software Engineer, Quality Integration Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesAnduril$220K–$292K
Staff Software Engineer, Vehicle Software, C++Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Costa Mesa, California, United States; Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesAnduril$220K–$292K
Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Space (R5368)Boston, MassachusettsShield AI$188K–$281K
Staff Full Stack Software Engineer (Frontend-Focused) Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesAxon$169K–$270K
Staff/Principal Full Stack Software EngineerBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesAxon$169K–$270K
Staff Wireless Software EngineerBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesAxon$169K–$270K
Senior Software Engineer - BackendMassachusetts - BostonVeeva$110K–$270K
Senior Software Engineer II, Trial EngineNew York, NY; Boston, MA; San Francisco, CAFormation Bio$214K–$267K
Lead Software Engineer, CICDBoston, MAKlaviyo$176K–$264K
Distinguished Software Engineer Boston, MASimpliSafe$194K–$259K
Sr. Full Stack Member of Technical StaffBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesAxon$160K–$256K
Robotics Software EngineerBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesAnduril$191K–$253K
Senior Flight Software EngineerBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesAnduril$191K–$253K
Senior Frontend Software Engineer, DiscoveryBoston, Massachusetts, United States; Costa Mesa, California, United States; Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesAnduril$191K–$253K
Senior Software EngineerBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesAnduril$191K–$253K
Senior Software Engineer, AI PlatformBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesAnduril$191K–$253K
Senior Software Engineer, C++Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesAnduril$191K–$253K
Senior Software Engineer, DiscoveryBoston, Massachusetts, United States; Costa Mesa, California, United States; Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesAnduril$191K–$253K
Senior Software Engineer, Quality Integration Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesAnduril$191K–$253K
Senior Software Engineer, Robotics Data Foundation (Cloud)Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesAnduril$191K–$253K
Senior Software Engineer - Undersea Recon & StrikeBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesAnduril$191K–$253K
Senior Software Engineer, Vehicle Management SystemsBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesAnduril$191K–$253K
Sr. Mission Software Engineer - Undersea Reconnaissance & StrikeBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesAnduril$191K–$253K
Senior Software Engineer, Identity & Access Management (FedRamp)Austin; Boston; Chicago; New York City; Palo Alto; Philadelphia; San FranciscoMongoDB$126K–$248K
Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Behaviors (R4588)Boston, MassachusettsShield AI$163K–$245K
Senior Fullstack Engineer, AI Observability & Evals Platform Boston, MALangChain$175K–$240K
Software Engineering Manager, AI Observability & Evals PlatformBoston, MALangChain$200K–$240K
Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime (R5339)Boston, MassachusettsShield AI$160K–$240K
Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Space (R5338)Boston, MassachusettsShield AI$160K–$240K
Senior Software Engineer Boston, Massachusetts, USA; New York, New York, USADatadog$192K–$240K
Senior Software Engineer - Distributed SystemsBoston, Massachusetts, USA; New York, New York, USADatadog$192K–$240K
Senior Software Engineer - Incident Insights & ReadinessBoston, Massachusetts, USA; New York, New York, USADatadog$192K–$240K
Sr Software Engineer IIBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesAxon$149K–$238K
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure / SREBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesOscar Health$181K–$237K
Senior Backend Software Engineer, AI Observability & Evals Platform (LangSmith)Boston, MALangChain$170K–$235K
Senior Frontend EngineerBoston, MALangChain$170K–$235K
Senior Software EngineerNew York, NY; Boston, MA; San Francisco, CAFormation Bio$186K–$232K
Senior Software Engineer IIBoston, MassachusettsConfluent$176K–$230K
Senior Embedded Application Software Engineer - Connected DevicesBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesAxon$141K–$226K
Staff UC Software Engineer, Axon 911Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesAxon$169K–$225K
Principal Software Engineer - Test PlatformBoston, MASimpliSafe$169K–$225K
Senior Software Engineer - Customer AgentBoston, MAKlaviyo$148K–$222K
Senior Software Engineer, Customer AgentBoston, MAKlaviyo$148K–$222K
Senior Software Engineer - Data PlatformBoston, MAKlaviyo$148K–$222K
Senior Software Engineer - Developer InfrastructureBoston, MAKlaviyo$148K–$222K
Senior Software Engineer - GrowthBoston, MAKlaviyo$148K–$222K
Senior Software Engineer - Infrastructure SecurityBoston, MAKlaviyo$148K–$222K
Senior Software Engineer, Platform EngineeringBoston, MAKlaviyo$148K–$222K
Senior Software Engineer - Profiles, Lists and SegmentsBoston, MAKlaviyo$148K–$222K
Sr. Software Engineer, AI EnablementBoston, MAKlaviyo$148K–$222K
Mission Software Engineer - Undersea Reconnaissance & StrikeBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesAnduril$166K–$220K
Mission Software Engineer, Vehicle Software, CommunicationsBoston, Massachusetts, United States; Costa Mesa, California, United StatesAnduril$166K–$220K
Mission Software Engineer, Vehicle Software, ConsensusBoston, Massachusetts, United States; Costa Mesa, California, United StatesAnduril$166K–$220K
Security Software Engineer, Endpoint SecurityBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesAnduril$166K–$220K
Software Engineer, AI PlatformBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesAnduril$166K–$220K
Software Engineer, C++Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesAnduril$166K–$220K
Software Engineer, DiscoveryBoston, Massachusetts, United States; Costa Mesa, California, United States; Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesAnduril$166K–$220K
Software Engineer - Maritime Integrated SystemsBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesAnduril$166K–$220K
Software Engineer, Robotics Data Foundation (Cloud)Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesAnduril$166K–$220K
Software Engineer - Underseas Recon & StrikeBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesAnduril$166K–$220K
Staff Embedded Software EngineerBoston, MA; Mountain View, CALightmatter$175K–$220K
Staff Software Engineer, ML InfrastructureBoston, MASimpliSafe$147K–$215K
Senior Software Engineer, ConnectorsBoston, MAStarburst Data$185K–$215K
Senior Software Engineer, Context LayerBoston, MAStarburst Data$185K–$215K
Senior Software Engineer, Control PlaneBoston, MAStarburst Data$185K–$215K
Senior Software Engineer, ConnectorsBoston, MAStarburst$185K–$215K
Senior Software Engineer, Context LayerBoston, MAStarburst$185K–$215K
Senior Software Engineer, Control PlaneBoston, MAStarburst$185K–$215K
Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Business Systems)Boston, MAWhoop$150K–$215K
Senior Software Engineer (Frontend, Growth)Boston, MAWhoop$150K–$215K
Senior Software Engineer, Data PlatformBoston, MAWhoop$150K–$215K
Software Engineering Manager (AI Quality)Boston, MAWhoop$150K–$215K
Software Engineering Manager (Health Records)Boston, MAWhoop$150K–$215K
Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Core)Boston, MAWhoop$150K–$215K
Software Engineering Manager, GrowthBoston, MAWhoop$150K–$215K
Software Engineering Manager (Core)Boston, MAWhoop$150K–$215K
Senior Software Engineer (Fullstack, AI Platform)Boston, MAWhoop$150K–$215K
Full Stack Software Engineer - People SystemsBoston, MAKlaviyo$140K–$210K
Senior Software Engineer II, Managed Databases BostonDigitalOcean$167K–$209K
Senior Software Engineer II, Network DatapathBostonDigitalOcean$167K–$209K
Senior Software Engineer II, Network ProductsBostonDigitalOcean$167K–$209K
Senior Technical Consultant - Front-end DevelopmentMassachusetts - BostonVeeva$80K–$200K
Senior UC Software Engineer, Axon 911Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesAxon$141K–$198K
Software Engineer II, Autonomy Behaviors (R5202)Boston, MassachusettsShield AI$132K–$198K
Senior Software Engineer, BackendBoston, MA (Hybrid)PathAI$128K–$196K
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